[PDF] Zefiro torna for Vibraphone and Percussion / Mizuki Aita [score and parts]

Score and Parts(PDF)

Zefiro torna for Vibraphone and Percussion

Composed by Mizuki Aita (會田瑞樹)
 
Duration：3'30"

Publisher：Golden Hearts Publications（ONSA）

Program notes:

I first met Asami Kaminaka in 2013 at a concert featuring the complete works of Yoshio Hachimura. She offered warm support - such as lending me a music stand - and I was captivated by the incisive, brilliant sound she produced, particularly in the piece *Hitoiki-goto ni Ichijikan* (*Concerto per 8 soli*). At that time, I performed a work titled *Dolcissima Mia Vita*, which was based on music by the Renaissance composer Gesualdo. As time passed, I found myself wanting to explore, in my own way, a meeting point between the Italian madrigal and percussion instruments.
I first encountered the piece I have chosen for this work - Luca Marenzio’s *Zefiro torna* - back in 2002, when I was in junior high school. Some friends in the wind band were rehearsing it. I was captivated by the music's unique atmosphere, and upon researching it, I discovered it was a madrigal composed nearly five centuries ago. The poignant poetry left a bittersweet impression on my young, adolescent heart.
This is a duet for vibraphone and percussion. For the percussion part, the performer selects six different timbres from a range of categories - membranophones, skin-based instruments, and metals. Whether using standard instruments or percussion made from scrap materials, one can create a unique resonance. I chose this instrumentation imagining that the wandering minstrels of five centuries ago might well have turned anything and everything into an instrument. I dedicate this piece to Asami Kaminaka.
(Mizuki Aita)

Reference music：

Instrumentation：

Vibraphone
Percussion / Glockenspiel